Genetic Manipulation in Plants for Mitigation of Climate Change

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Jaiwal, Pawan Kumar (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Singh, Rana Pratap (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Dhankher, Om Parkash (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2015.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Geotechnical engineering.; Agriculture.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Life Sciences.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.

This book presents a detailed overview and critical evaluation of the state of the art and latest approaches in genetic manipulation studies on plants to mitigate the impact of climate change on growth and productivity. Each chapter has been written by experts in plant-stress biology and highlights...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Plant responses to tropospheric ozone
• 2. Plant heat stress response and thermotolerance
• 3. Genetic improvement of drought resistance in rice
• 4. Plant breeding for flood tolerance: advances and limitations. 5. Polyamine biosynthesis engineering as a tool to improve plant resistance to abiotic stress
• 6. Enhancing nutrient starvation tolerance in rice
• 7. Engineered Plants for Heavy Metals and Metalloids Tolerance
• 8. Prospects of genetic manipulation for enhanced heavy metal tolerance and bioremediation in relation to climate change
• 9. Biotechnological approaches to mitigate adverse effects of extreme climatic factors on plant productivity
• 10. Anthropogenic increase in carbon dioxide modifies plant-insect interactions
• 11. GM crops for developing world in the era of climate change: for increase of farmer’s income, poverty alleviation, nutrition and health. .